# rostir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Via Old French rostir (“to roast”) from Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”). Compare Spanish rostir, French rôtir and Italian arrostire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rusˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [rosˈtiɾ]

### Verb

rostir (first-person singular present rosteixo, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostit)
* to roast
* (pronominal) to turn brown due to frost damage (of vegetation)

#### Derived terms

* rostida
* rostidor
* rostilló
* rostiment
* rostit

#### Related terms

* rostisseria

### Further reading

* “rostir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Middle French
### Verb

rostir
* Alternative form of roustir

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rusˈti/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rostir (transitive)
* to roast

## Old French
### Etymology

From Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crasckle, roast”). Cognate with Old High German rōsten (“to roast”), Middle Dutch roosten (“to roast”). More at roast.

### Verb

rostir
* to roast (specifically, to cook on an open fire)
* to torture by subjecting to fire

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* English: roast
* French: rôtir
* → Galician: rustrir

#### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (rostir, supplement)
* Etymology and history of “rôtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, see also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

### Verb

rostir (first-person singular present rosto, first-person singular preterite rostí, past participle rostido)
* to roast

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “rostir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Old French rostir, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hraustjan, *rōstjan (“to roast”), from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan. Compare Italian arrostire; also Old High German rôsten (modern German rösten).

### Verb

rostir
* (transitive) to roast

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.